What a UK company lookup costs
One lookup, priced the way each provider publishes it. Per-lookup figures divide the published price by the published allowance, so they are comparable, not quoted.
Competitor figures are list prices as published, not quotes, and come from secondary sources, each linked with the date we read it. Where a provider publishes no usable allowance the per-lookup column shows n/a.
Free and pay-as-you-go scrapers
No contract. Raw or scraped registry fields.
| Provider | Published price | Per lookup | Contract | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Official Companies House API Raw registry fields only; no parsed financials. | Free | £0.00 | none; 600 requests/5 min per key | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
Apify Companies House actors Third-party scraper actors, priced per record. | $1–5 per 1,000 records | £0.003 | PAYG | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
Self-serve APIs
Card on a monthly plan or pay-as-you-go. Registrum sits here.
| Provider | Published price | Per lookup | Contract | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Registrum Free 50 calls per month on the plan. | Free | £0.00 | none | Registrum pricing |
Registrum Pro 4,000 calls per month on the plan. | £49 per month | £0.012 | monthly, no minimum term | Registrum pricing |
Registrum Web 500 calls per month on the plan. | £9 per month | £0.018 | monthly, no minimum term | Registrum pricing |
CompanyData.com Entry tier; per-lookup is the list price divided by the entry allowance. | from $34 per month | £0.04 | monthly/yearly | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
FinancialFilings UK coverage not confirmed from the published page. | $0.40 per structured-financials call (UK coverage unconfirmed) | £0.30 | PAYG | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
OpenRegistry (MCP) Monthly tiers; no per-call figure published. | $9 / $29 per month | n/a | monthly | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
verif-ai API access is enterprise tier only. | £9.99 per report; £49 / £129 per month; API on enterprise tier only | n/a | monthly | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
Zephira Monthly tiers; no per-call figure published. | $99 / $199 / $499 per month | n/a | monthly | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
Incumbents, score-led
Annual contracts or frameworks. They sell a credit score, limit, CCJs and payment data.
| Provider | Published price | Per lookup | Contract | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Creditsafe G-Cloud listing; licence fee not included in the per-report figure. | £500 licence + £0.20 per report (G-Cloud) | £0.20 | annual | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
Beauhurst API add-on to the platform licence; minimum 10 users. | £24,500/yr platform; API £3,500/yr for 10k credits, min 10 users | £0.35 | annual | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
OpenCorporates Multi-jurisdiction coverage. | £2,250/yr for 500 calls/month | £0.38 | annual | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
DataGardener Per-lookup is the midpoint of the published per-call range. | £9,745–19,745/yr platform; API £1.09–1.79 per call + £500 | £1.49 | annual | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
Equifax (G-Cloud) G-Cloud pricing document; public-sector framework. | £6.34 per report (first 1,000/yr) | £6.34 | framework | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
Experian Business Express Per-lookup is the 50-report annual bundle price divided by 50. | £24.99 per report; £375/yr for 50 | £7.50 | annual bundles | Source checked 2026-10-17 |
Price moves buyers within a band, not between bands: incumbents sell a credit score, limit, CCJs and payment data, which Registrum does not carry.
Switching from OpenCorporates
OpenCorporates lists £2,250/yr for 500 calls/month on an annual term. If you use it for UK registry fields only, you are paying for jurisdictions you do not query.
What you lose
- Credit score and credit limit.
- CCJs and payment data.
- Multi-jurisdiction coverage: Registrum is UK only.
- Document ordering.
What you gain
- Parsed iXBRL financials as JSON, with a data_quality block that says what was and was not extracted.
- PSC chain traced to the ultimate beneficial owner, with ECCTA verification status per person.
- Director networks across companies.
- Signed webhooks when a watched company changes.
- A Companies House allowance of 1,200 requests per 5 minutes behind a cache, against the 600 you get on your own key.
- A keyless MCP endpoint to try it before you sign up.
- No contract.
Switching from DataGardener
DataGardener lists £9,745–19,745/yr platform; API £1.09–1.79 per call + £500. If the API is what you use rather than the platform, the platform fee is the part to question.
What you lose
- Credit score and credit limit.
- CCJs and payment data.
- Multi-jurisdiction coverage: Registrum is UK only.
- Document ordering.
What you gain
- Parsed iXBRL financials as JSON, with a data_quality block that says what was and was not extracted.
- PSC chain traced to the ultimate beneficial owner, with ECCTA verification status per person.
- Director networks across companies.
- Signed webhooks when a watched company changes.
- A Companies House allowance of 1,200 requests per 5 minutes behind a cache, against the 600 you get on your own key.
- A keyless MCP endpoint to try it before you sign up.
- No contract.
Switching from a Creditsafe API seat
Creditsafe lists £500 licence + £0.20 per report (G-Cloud). If the seat exists to read registry fields inside your own product, the credit data is the part you are not using.
What you lose
- Credit score and credit limit.
- CCJs and payment data.
- Multi-jurisdiction coverage: Registrum is UK only.
- Document ordering.
What you gain
- Parsed iXBRL financials as JSON, with a data_quality block that says what was and was not extracted.
- PSC chain traced to the ultimate beneficial owner, with ECCTA verification status per person.
- Director networks across companies.
- Signed webhooks when a watched company changes.
- A Companies House allowance of 1,200 requests per 5 minutes behind a cache, against the 600 you get on your own key.
- A keyless MCP endpoint to try it before you sign up.
- No contract.
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